Our second official language is French but most of us don’t speak it. Most French speaking Canadians live in areas such as New Brunswick and Quebec though the majority of government jobs require you to be bilingual.

Canada is the most multicultural country on the planet. I lived in Toronto for twenty years where over 150 registered languages are represented. Which means fabulous restaurants and culture to sample for all!

Some other Canada fun facts...

• Canada’s name comes from a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word, kanata, which means village or settlement.

• A sofa is a couch.

• This country has the longest coastline in the world, about 243,000 kilometers or about 150,000 miles in length.

• It has the fourth lowest population density index in the world with around 34 million people in the second largest country in the world by land mass. About 9.9 million square kilometers or 3.8 million square miles.

• Silverware is cutlery.

• Canada is in the top five producing countries of gold, copper, zinc, nickel, aluminum, and natural gas.